Photograph print embossing machine



Oct. 20, 1931. J. L. BARBER PHOTOGRAPH PRINT EMBOSSING MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 22. 1928 3 Sheefs-Sheet l I T705 01: LnBanber 1 v ttornqy Oct. 20, 1931. J. L. BARBER PHOTOGRAPH PRINT EMBOSSING- MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 22. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 7.7225901: L .Banber Oct. 20, 1931. J. L-. BARBER PHOTOGRAPH PRINT EMBOSSING MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 22. 1928 Y 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 V An ob'ect' of Patented Oct. 20, 1931 3 g Josnrii 1L, iaARBEn; or statem ntm rnoroennrnrnrnr"nniso'ssine ivrnonmn f application m osa; arises, Serial No; 328 002. "Renewe Au ustas, 193d l he present invention relates to; embosss ing machines andis adapted forluse partic-l ularlyin embossing the -.'edges ;of photo g aphic prints,

the invention is .t'o provide an embossing machine including -a plate having "embossing-means,- guide means supported adjacent the embossing means and means movable .along the-guide means in- 9 eluding anembosslngelement for c0operat guide means includingan embossingelement complemental to each one of the embossing means and adaptedto sele'ctively cooperate with any one of said embossinglmeansto ably including a stop member-for selectively positioning the work adjacentjanyione of the, embossing means,: and mechanism ,for

adjusting the embossing element transversely of the spaced {apart embossing means.- 4

-' A further object provide of interchangeable embossing plates oneof said plates havinga: plurality 0f spaced parallel grooves' formed in; its upper; surface varying in. depth, and provi'din'g means for adjustably positioning, the reciprocally; actuated roller for travelling movement in.

either of the -;grooveswhereby to produce embossed edges upon; theprints' of, varying elevations upon thesurface. thereof. 1' 1 A still furtherobject is to providea :rna

chine of this character which maylbe either embossing plates,

embossingmeans, means movable along; the

--2- operate upon work, the machine also desirto the top thereof within which a worm gear 1 7 is ,rotatably supported upon'a shaft8journaled in the opposite sides ofthecasing.

rangement of the various elements the invention as more fully hereinafter described and; claimed,zreference being had to i the" accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and'inwhich:

Figure 1 is a front elevational machine, r i V Figure 2 is atop plan view, v I *Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along a line 33 of Figure Figuret is a perspective view of the guide 7 bar for the reciprocally actuated roller, 7 o

'Figureb'is a similar view of one form of;

Figure 6 is a-transversevertical sectional view. therethrough, I f,

Figure I -7 is a vertical sectional view' throughthegearcasing, i

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional-view through the casing taken substantially along 1,

a line 8-V8 of Figure 'z, V o v Figure 9 isqa'side elevational view of'the reciprocably actuated roller provided: with the adjusting screw" for selectively positions ing the roller with respect to the grooves of theembossing plate. a Figure 10 is :a transverse sectional view through a modified form of embossing. plate Figure llris a fragmen tary perspective view aof the adjustable guide strip for'the rollerh" e ,i Referring 'nowto the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed .a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a work :table havinga gear casing 6 secured Ae'drive shaft 9 extends through one end I of the casing, with its inner end provided r with a }WOIII1 10. operatively engaged with the gear 7 The outer end of the shaft is provided with" a pulleywheell'l operated by means of a belt 12 through an electric motor 13 supported beneath the surface; of the r ab t -,;Toone;.endiofthe iisfsuitablyiat 19 5 f serted.

taehed acrank, arm 14% having a pitman 15 operatively connected at its outer end, the

outer end of the pitman being pivotally attached to a projection 16 formed 'at one side of a carriage 17.

g The carriage 17 is formedwith a bore eX- tending horizontally therethroi'igh at aplane at right angles to the projection 16 whereby to provide means for slidablymountingthe carriage upon a rod 18. The ends ofthe rod 18 are provided with'verticallyextending openings 19' through which pins 20 are in} The pins 20 extend I ards 21 suitably secured adjacent the op posits ends of an enrbossing plate "The rod 18 is yieldably held downwardly upon the pin'20 by means of coil springs 23 car ri-ed onthe pins and adjustaby secured in position by Wing nuts 24. The upper surface of the plat-e22 is formed with'a groove25 disposed in longitudinal alinement with the standards 21 and Within which the rim of awheel'26 rotatablyi supported upon travel. CThe rear edge of the-plate 22 is'f'ormed with an upstanding flange, 27 disposed 1on abutting the 27 anddisposed overthe groove 25. r r

j The machineis then operated whereby to cause the wheel .26to reciprocally travel over the face whereby to creaseth'e edge-of the print. in the groove. By reason of this --ci'easupon the surface of the print.

ing action .an embossed edge willbe formed In lieu of the power drive means for carriage; a handle 29, shown by the dotted lines in Figure3 of. the drawings, :maybe attached to-the projection 16 in place of the pitman '15, whereby to provide for the man- .ual operation of the carriage.

. Also the embossing plate designatedat 30 in Figure 10 of the drawings may be substituted for the plate22, said substitute plate having a" plurality of -spaced, parallel r es l med inits uppersurface 9 alfy lggdepths. q

Disposed loe'tween 'eaoh" 1 the grooves 31 SIS formed a .dovetalled channel 32 adapted for receiving .a' complementary shaped rib upwardly from stand I the carriage, is adapted to- 33 formed on the under side of a guide strip, or stop member 34. The guide strip or stop member 34 may accordingly be adjusted, for cooperation with each groove 31 when the wheel 26 is arranged to travel therein.

In order to operatively connect the carriage 17 with -theipitman for selective move- 7 ment inthe respectivegrooves a screw 35 is fitted in the projection 16 of the carriage and to whichthe outer end of the pitman 15 'is'pivotally connected; the pit-man belng secured in adjusted position with respect to the screw by means of nuts 36. s

' is obvious that'my -inventionis susceptibleto various changes-and modifications in construction without departing from the of the elevation of the embossed edge may spirit -of the invention or the scope of the appe=nded claims, and I accordingly claim all i such forms of th'e ol'evice to which I am entitled. It. willof-course-be understood that standardssuch as 21 will be-employedin connection with the embossing plate 30 of Fig. 10, and that said standards will be-removably andseleotively attachable to said 1 embossing plate at the location of each of the grooves 31'; See the do-tted lines in'said Fig. 10 be low'thegrooves 31L .iindi catin-g holes to re-- cei ve'the lower reduced ends of the standards after'the'fashion' as shown in Fig.6. r

;- Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new is:

Through theuse of the plate 30 the extent 1. An embossing machine comprising a plate including embossing means, guide means supportedfa'd acent said embossing means, and mean-s'movable alongsaid guide means including an embossing'elementfor cooperating with saidembossingmeans. a

An embossing machine comprising a plate "including embossing means, guide means adjacent saidem'bossing means extending longitudinally thereof, and means movable. along said guide means including an embossing: "element complemental to said embo'ssingmeans. for coperating therewith.

An embossing machine comprising a plate adapted-to have work placed thereon and including embossing means which said Work is-adapted tooverlie, guide means supported' adjacent said embossing means, and

means movable along said guide Ineans ineluding an embossing elementcomplemental to saideinbos'sing means andadap'ted to cooperat'e therew1tl1 to formflan' impression upon said work.

i embossing-machine comprisinga plate adapted to havewor'k pl-acedthereon and including embossing means which said work is adapted to overliagui'demeans adj acent said embossing means extending longitudinally thereof; and means movablev along said guide means including a rotatable ment on the carriage adapted to'seat in said recess whereby to form an impresslon 1n the embossing element for'co perati ng with embossing means to "form an m ressiorr upon aid W I-k v '.I" waif 5. An embossing machinecomprising a plate including embossing -mea ns', uide means supportedf adjacent said embossing means, .rne'ans' movable 'alon'gV'said guide means" includingan=-emboss1ng element for cooperating with saidfeinbos'sing means, and

means.

6. An embossin'g; machine comprisinga plate mindin embossing, means, "guide means adjacent said 'embossing means e or tending longitudinally thereof, means .mov=

' able along said guide means including an means and parallel therewith.

embossing element complemental. to said ein bossing means for cooperating therewith and a stop member adj acent'said embossing 7. An embossing machine comprising a plate adapted to have work placed thereon and including embossing means which said work is adaptedto overlie, guide means ad-' jacent sald embossingmeans extending longltudinally thereof, means movable along' so as to'o-verlie the recess, a sliderbar, supporting means therefor carried by the plate,

a carriage mounted for reciprocal sliding movement on said barand'an embossingelework corresponding with the outline of the recess.

9. An embossingmachine of the class de-' v scribed comprising an embossing plate'hav ing a groove formed in the surface thereof.

a slide bar, supporting means therefor carried by the plate, a carriage mountedfor reciprocal sliding movement- -on said bar an embossing member mounted on' the carriage adapted to travel in said groove, said plate being suitable for receiving the work in overlapping relation with the groove and stop means for one edge of the work eX- tending upwardly from the rear-edge of said groove. 1

10. An embossing machine of the class described comprising an embossing plate having a groove formed in the surface thereof.

a slidebar, supporting means therefor car ried by the plate, means yieldably urging the bar downwardly, a carriage mounted for V reciprocal sliding movement on said bar,

and an embossing ,membenmounted on the carriage and adapted to travelin said-groove,

lwi 'thqany one of said embossing means.

a y desired one of said l l'fiAn" embossing machine 6r theclass de scribed comprising an embossing plate-haw mg a groove formed in. the surface'r thereof;

a 'slide bar, standards extending upwardly from the plate at theopposite ends of said grooves, means for yieldably securing the opposite ends or said bar upon said stand-g ards, a carriage mounted for'reciprocalf slid ingimovement'fon said bar, and a: rotatable embossing member mounted on thefcarrlage and adapted to travel in said groove. I

embossing machine comprising a plate including a plurality of spacedapart embossing means, guide means adaptedvto be i supported adjacent 7 any one oflsaid 7 em bossingj means, and means movable along said guide means including ani; embossing elementc'omplemental to each one of sal'd emboss ng means for. selectively coopcratmg 13; An embossing" machine comprisinga platefincluding a plurality of spaced lapart embossing means'of'varying dimensionsy a stop member, means for selectively-positioning-"sai'd stop "member. j adj acent any desired one of said embossing means, :guide means" adapted-to be supported adjacent any one of said embossingfimeana and meansimovable 3 along said guide means incIuding-"an em bossing elementkfor selectively cooperating with any one of said embossing jmea-ns -w l li An 1 embossing machine comprising I plate adaptedto have wo'rk' placed thereon and including a'plurality of spaced apartejm bossing means of varying "dimensions eachof which embo-ssing'means said plate is adapt "ed t'ojse'lectivel'y overlie, guide means adapted tobje supportedadj acent any one of. said sup porting means, and means; movable along "said'guide means including an :embossing eleinent complemental to each one of "said embossing: means for selectively cooperating any onepf said embossing means-to form'an impression'upon saidworki ""15L-An' embossing machine comprising a plate adapted tofhave; work placed thereon and including aplurality of spaced-apart embossing means of Varying dimensionseach off which embossing means said plate is adapted to selectively V overlie,- guide -mean's adapted to be supported adjacent anyone'of said supporting means, meanslmovable along said guide-means including anembossing element complemental toeachonefio-f said iemb'ossin'g means for selectively cooperating with any one of said embossing means to .fOI'm an impression upon said work, astop member for the} work; ,and .mean's for selectively positioning said stop member adjacent v fmbossingmeansand parallel therewith- 16. An embossing machine comprising a plate li'a'vinga plurality ofspacedapartem;

-bo'ssin'g' means ofvaryingdimensionsflguide {means-adapted tobesupported adja-centgan i,

one oflsaidiembossing means, meansmovable along said guide "means including an embossing'; element complemental' to "each one of said embossing; meansgfor selectively cooperating with anynone of said; embossing.

means, and means including a screw foradiistmg said embossing element transversely oiijsaid spaced apartjembossing means. i 1 17::An embossing. m'achineofthe classde-j scribedcomprising an embossing plate having a plurality of spaced parallelgrooves formed, in: the surface thereof of varying depths, channels-formed in the plate betweenlzsaid grooves, a stop rail removably secured in said, channels for selective posi:

tioning'vvithrespect .to said grooves, a pair carriage mounted for reciprocal sliding movement. on said bar, aivvheel mounted on thecarriage and adapted to travel in said grooves, a drive shaft, a pitman; operatively connected thereto, and means connecting the pitman with said carriage for adjustment of the carriage transversely withprespect to said pitman, and an embossingmember mov' ably suspended above the plate for travelling ofstandards removably secured to the plate v for positioning at the ends of said grooves, aslide bar supported-upon said standards in spaced relation above said grooves, yiel'dable means carried-"by thestandards urging said bardownwardly, a: carriage mounted 7 fonrec'iprocal sliding movement-on saidbar, a wheel mounted on theocarriageand adapted to travel in said grooves, a drive shaft, a pitman: operatively connected thereto, and means connecting the pitman with said Can riage for adjustment of the carriage'transversely with respectvto said pitmah. i

,18. 'An embossing machine of the class de;

scribed tcomprisingjan. embossing plate havingua plurality of. spaced parallel grooves formed in the surface thereofof varying depths, channels formed inthe plate between said grooves. astop rail removably secured in said fchannels standards removably se-V cured to the platelfor positioning at theends of said grooves, a slide bar supported upon said standards: spacedrelation above said grooves, yieldable' means I carried why the standards "urging said bar downwardly, a

carriage mounted for .reciprocal' sliding connected thereto, and. means connecting the pitman with said carriage for adj ustmenti of the carriage [transversely with respect to said .pitman, and anembossing member mov ably mountedabove the plate and adaptedito i V selectively travel in said grooves.

19. An, embossing machine of theclass described comprising i an embossing plate having a'plurality of spaced parallel grooves formed .in the surfacethereof, of varying depths, channels formed in the plate bemovement on said bar, a wheel mounted on; V- the carriage and adapted to travel in said grooves, a driveshaft, a pitman operativelyi ioo iio .t-Weensaid grooves, a stop raillremovably se v curedi'n said channels for selective posie tioning-,with respect tovsaid grooves, and

pairof standards removably secured to the plate forpositioning at'the ends of said grooves, a. slide" bar supported upon said standards {in spaced 5 :relation above said grbQves,- ie1dab1e means carried .bylthe standards urgingsaid-bar downwardly,,a 

